From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1998 17:55:21 +0200
From: Laurent Bodet bl@ai.univ-paris8.fr
Subject: [9fans] Plan9 on ADM K6
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    > Hello 9fans!
    > 
    > I am now trying to install Plan9 on my new hardware to upgrade
    > my Plan9 system.
    > The hardware is,
    > 	Mother Board:
    > 	Gigabyte	GA-586SG
    > 	with Award Modular BIOS v4.52PG
    > 	CPU: AMD K6/233MHz
    > My concern was that Plan9 can run on K6, so I tested the hardware
    > using the harddisk that has been used as Plan9 terminal.
    > I removed scsi and ethernet configuration from plan9.ini to make
    > the situation simple.
    > The new hardware shows the following messages:
    > 	init: starting /bin/rc
    > 	controller not in /lib/vgadb
    > 	...
    > 	/bin/dossrv 20: Serving #s/dos
    > and then stopped to show any more messages.
    > We should see the prompt "term%" if succeed.
    > Probably it is hanged up.
    > I know how to configure /lib/vgadb.
    > My questions are:
    > 1. Does anyone succeed on K6?

I succeed on with K6/233Mhz and an ASUS TX97 mother board.

    > 2. What posibility should I take into consideration?

This machine run a stand alone Plan9 terminal at home without
problems.

    > 
    > Thanks,
    > 
    > Kenji Arisawa
    > E-mail: arisawa@aichi-u.ac.jp
    > 


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Bodet Laurent -- Universite Paris 8 de Vincennes a St Denis              
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